Hello Dr. Carter,

I attended your workshop on the DSM-5. First of all, thank you for an excellent, informative and engaging workshop. I had asked about coding for a patient who would have been diagnosed with Polysubstance dependence in the DSM-IV-TR. It wasn't clear to me if I was expected to catalog all of the substances that were abused or if I should use the "Other" category and specify multiple substances.

Thank you for inviting me to follow up with you on this matter.

Hi,

Yes. That's my un...